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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Hindi Divas 2021: Films Division organises online Film Festival "Hindi: Bharat Ki Vani"
Watch Documentaries of Great Personalities from Hindi Literature, on https://www.youtube.com/FilmsDivision
Films Division observes Hindi Pakhwada from 1 to 15 Sep, 2021 to promote use of practical Hindi in official work; organises various competitions
Mumbai, 13 September 2021
To mark historic occasion of 14 September 1949, when Hindi was adopted as the official language of the Republic of India, Films Division will celebrate Hindi Divas-2021 by organising online film festival and various other competitions. Online Film Festival "Hindi: Bharat Ki Vani" will be screened on Films Division's website https://filmsdivision.org/ and YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/FilmsDivision on 14th and 15th September, 2021.
As part of Hindi Divas Celebration -2021, Films Division is observing Hindi Pakhwada from 1st September, 2021 to 15th September, 2021 to promote use of practical Hindi in official work. To encourage the officers and officials for working in Hindi, various competitions were organized. Dictation, essay writing, elocution competitions, quiz competition, were amongst the few.
Films being screened at online film festival "Hindi : Bharat Ki Vani" are:
14 September, 1949 
Bharat Ki Vani ,
Hindi Ke Badhate Kadam 
Along with these, documentaries on great personalities from Hindi Literature such as the popular novelist Premchand, the father of modern Hindi literature- Bharatendu Harishchandra, Rashtrakavi Maithili Sharan Gupta, the great writer and poet Jai Shankar Prasad, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, Ram Dhari Singh Dinkar, Gopaldas Neeraj and on famous writer and editor Acharya Shivpoojan Sahay, will be streamed during the two-day online film festival.
All the films will be streamed on https://filmsdivision.org/‘Documentary of the Week’ section and also on FD’s YouTube channel on 14-15 September 2021 for 48 hours.DL/DR
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Ministry of Defence
Commandant Sreekumar takes over as station Commander of Coast Guard Station, Vizhinjam
Commandant Sreekumar G assumed the Command of Indian Coast Guard Station at Vizhinjam, Trivandrum from Commandant VK Varghese in a ceremony held at the station. Commandant VK Varghese who was in command of the station for more than 4 years has been transferred to Kochi and will assume the charge of Indian Coast Guard Store Depot .
Commandant Sreekumar G, who hails from Haripad is from the 14th batch Officer of Indian Coast Guard and was commissioned in 1990. He graduated in Physics from NSS College, Changanassery. He is a recipient of Commendation from Director General Indian Coast Guard for meritorious service on three different occasions in 1996, 2010 and 2014.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 193.53 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 11.67 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,93,53,58,865
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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11,67,45,075
More than 193.53 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 11.67 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Target of Skilling Young People
Under Skill India Mission, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship  imparts employable skills to the youth through long term and short term training. The Ministry is implementing its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana , launched in 2015, to provide employable skills to the youth of the nation. Owing to the success of PMKVY 1.0, the scheme was re-launched in October, 2016 called PMKVY 2.0  on pan-India basis with a target to provide skilling to one crore people under Short Term Training , Recognition of Prior Learning  and Special Project  across the country over four years  with an outlay of 12,000 crore. Under the Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed  component of PMKVY 2.0, as on 12.06.2019, 49.10 lakh  candidates have been trained in the country.
Long term training is provided through Industrial Training Institutes .The total no. of ITIs have increased from 11964 in the year 2014 to 14494 in the year 2019 and trainees enrolment increased from 16.9 lakh in 2014-15 to 23.08 lakh in 2018-19.
This information was given in a written reply by the Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri. R. K. Singh in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Sh. Piyush Goyal to visit Canada for the 6th India- Canada Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment
Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal along with Hon'ble Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Government of Canada, will co-chair the discussions for the sixth India- Canada Ministerial Dialogue on Trade and Investment  today in Ottawa. MDTI is a bilateral mechanism which provides institutional mechanism to discuss a broad spectrum of trade and investment related issues and cooperation areas. The Dialogue will focus on various themes including strengthening the Bilateral Trade Relationship between India and Canada, Investment Promotion and Cooperation, Green Transition – including Critical Minerals discussion and new Areas of Cooperation such as promoting B2B engagements.
The Ministers will also review India-Canada CEPA  negotiations. At the last MDTI meeting in March 2022, both Ministers launched the CEPA negotiations with a possibility to have an interim agreement or EPTA . Since then, seven rounds of negotiations have been held.
The Minister will also be visiting Toronto from 9th to 10th May 2023, where he will have various engagements to promote trade & investment. These engagements will include meetings with CEOs of key Canadian companies, Round Table of Indian and Canadian CEOs, interaction with Canadian and Indian companies based in Canada and Financial Sector Round table etc. The Minister would be accompanied by a delegation of Indian CEOs led by FICCI.
The Minister will inaugurate the Indian Pavilion at SIAL CANADA-2023, which is the largest food innovation trade show in North America with participation of more than 1000 national & international exhibitors from 50 countries. The event will address the needs of the retail, food service & food processing industries. At SIAL Canada, Indian business participation consists of delegation from Trade Promotion Council of India , Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority , India Trade Promotion Organisation  and Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India . There will also be a Trade and Investment Promotion Event for the Agricultural and Food Processing sector with Indian companies and Canadian importers on the sidelines of SIAL-2023. This event is likely to be attended by 200 companies.
The visit is expected to impart further momentum to bilateral trade and investment relations.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Fish gills used to develop efficient low-cost electro-catalysts for rechargeable metal-air battery
Scientists at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology , Mohali, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, have recently come up with an efficient, low-cost electro-catalyst from fish gills that can help develop environmentally friendly energy conversion devices.
This bio-inspired carbon nanostructure can help overcome the bottleneck in the realization of several renewable energy conversion and storage technologies such as fuel cell, biofuel cell, and metal−air battery.
The present strategy enriches a route to synthesize low-cost, highly efficient bioinspired electrocatalyst that is better than commercial Platinum on carbon  catalyst and could be utilized as next-generation nonprecious carbon-based electrocatalyst for energy conversion and storage applications. The results have been recently published in the journal Inorganic Chemistry published by the American Chemical Society, 2020, . https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00446
Dr. Ramendra Sundar Dey and his team from INST have explored a highly active Oxygen Reduction Reaction  electrocatalyst based on binary transition metals Iron , and Manganese  and N-doped porous carbon , derived from fish gills  acquired as animal waste, which has a unique porous structure and could provide conductive carbon networks after heat treatment and could be an efficient electrode material. The catalyst was able to show active oxygen reduction reaction in a wide range of pH  and outperformed the commercial Pt/C catalyst.
They fabricated a homemade rechargeable Zn−air battery  with the catalyst as an air cathode, which showed almost stable charge−discharge voltage plateaus after rigorous cycling for a long duration. It surpassed the commercial Pt/C based ZAB performance. The scientists found that the reason behind the outstanding performance of this catalyst is the presence of Fe−Mn based binary moiety, which is actually beneficial for the Oxygen  binding and boosting Oxygen Reduction Reaction  catalytic performances in alkaline medium by weakening the Oxygen-Oxygen bonds.
The researchers have suggested that the careful selection of transition metals and heteroatoms together with engineering the synthesis protocol can pave a new way for exploring highly active low-cost electrocatalyst for efficient and environmentally friendly energy conversion devices.
[Reference: Unravelling the Role of Fe–Mn Binary Active Sites Electrocatalyst for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Rechargeable Zn-Air Batteries
Subhajit Sarkar, Ashmita Biswas, Taniya Purkait, Manisha Das, Navpreet Kamboj & Ramendra Sundar Dey, ACS, 2020, .]
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets nation on the occasion of Idu’lZuha
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted fellow citizens on Idu’lZuha. “Best wishes on Id-ul-Zuha. May this day deepen the spirit of compassion and brotherhood in our society,” the PM says.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Status of Fit India Programme
Fit India Movement was launched on August 29, 2019 for promoting physical fitness of all by inculcating a habit of fitness in all citizens. Fit India is a people centric movement to be run on voluntary basis with participation of as many citizens as possible. Citizens are being encouraged to spend time every day on physical activities in any form be it sports, games, walking, jogging, cycling, dancing, yogasan or any other form of physical activity or combinations thereof.
To create awareness about fitness amongst school going children, Fit India School Weeks were celebrated in schools across the country in November, 2019 and which is being continued in December 2019. So far 15,000 schools have participated in Fit India school week.
To take the Fit India Movement forward, Plog Runs were organized on 2nd October across India and now monthly Plog Runs are being organized in many districts. Fit India School Certificate along with ranking system has been launched wherein State and Union Territory Governments have been urged to encourage and facilitate obtaining Fit India Certificate by maximum number of schools. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is working with stakeholders to organise Fit India Cyclothon, Walkathon and Fit India Traditional Games at various places in next few months. Planning and undertaking similar activities in various fields is a continuous process.
Further, the Government has drawn a list of possible activities for different related Ministries for encouraging and spreading Fit India Movement. Efforts are on for early completion of the consultative process. However, Fit India activities are continuing to be launched during the consultative process. State and Union Territory Governments have been urged to encourage and facilitate Fit India Movement in their respective jurisdictions.
This Information was given by the Minister of State  for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Law and Justice
Ministry of Law and Justice supports Inter-Ministry, Bar & Bench Badminton Championship in association with Fit India Movement
Inter-Ministry, Bar & Bench Badminton Championship supported by the Ministry of Law and Justice in association with Fit India Movement was held on 17th and 18th September at Thyagaraj Sports Complex.
The event was attended by Union Minister of Law and Justice Shri Kiren Rijiju on 18th September. The Minister himself partic ipated in an exhibition match and encouraged everyone to take up sports. “Our Hon’ble Prime Minister is a sports enthusiast himself. Fit India also means Fit Judiciary and the it is important for the Judiciary to remain active in many forms. This year was a humble beginning for something new for the Judiciary.”
The event started with the lighting of the lamp ceremony at the inaugural function by legal luminaries Justice Vikram Nath, Mr. Vikas Singh, President of Supreme Court Bar Association, Dr. Anju Rathi Rana, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice along with Mr. Singhi, MD and CEO of Dalmia Bharat Ltd and Ms. Abantika Deka, former International badminton player and a member of the National Anti-Doping Agency.
"Under the supervision of Hon'ble Minister of Law and Justice Shri Kiren Rijiju Ji, The Ministry has decided to heartily support all the participants of the Inter-Ministry, Bar & Bench Badminton Championship" said Dr. Anju Rathi Rana, Additional Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs.
At the closing of the event, the Minister felicitated all the winners with trophies.A first-of-its-kind event the Inter-Ministry, Bar & Bench Badminton had participation from the Ministry of Law and Justice, Ministry of External Affairs, Bar Council of India, Supreme Court Bar Association, Bar Council of Delhi, Delhi High Court Bar Association, National Company Law Tribunal  & Appellate Tribunal, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, and Dalmia Bharat Limited.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
NHAI Celebrates ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ with Regional Conference in Lucknow
Celebrating ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, NHAI Chairperson Smt. Alka Upadhyaya inaugurated a two-day conference of Regional Officers in Lucknow. To be held on 5-6 May 2022, this is first of its kind initiative that brings together NHAI officials and other stakeholders from Uttar Pradesh East & West, Uttarakhand and Bihar onto a common platform to share knowledge, achievements and challenges. More such conferences shall be held in different regions of the country as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
Apart from project reviews, the two-day conference will also host an Open House for free-flowing discussion of NHAI Regional Officers and Project Directors with the Chairperson. A session is also planned on improving ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and a knowledge sharing session on 'Construction Equipment and Technology' will be conducted.
The conference will conclude on 6th May 2022 with an address from Gen.  V.K. Singh, Minister of State  and Civil Aviation.
MJPS
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Prime Minister's Office
PM urges people to share solutions for COVID-19 on MyGovIndia
Lauds Health Staff, says India doing its best
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has urged people to share technology driven solutions for COVID-19 on MyGovIndia, the citizen engagement platform of the Government of India.
In a tweet the Prime Minister said, “Harnessing innovation for a healthier planet. A lot of people have been sharing technology-driven solutions for COVID-19. I would urge them to share them on @mygovindia. These efforts can help many.”
#IndiaFightsCorona
The Prime Minister also lauded the efforts of the health staff in combating the spread of COVID-19. “Our doctors, nurses, healthcare workers are putting great efforts. They are out there, helping people. We will always cherish their contribution. #IndiaFightsCorona,” he said in one of his tweets.
“Many people are highlighting different aspects of how India is combating Covid-19. This is boosting the morale of all those doctors, nurses, municipal workers, airport staff and all other remarkable people at the forefront of fighting Covid-19. #IndiaFightsCorona,” he tweeted.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
UNION MINISTER OF STATE SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA VISITS FACT
Shri BhagwanthKhuba, Hon'ble Union Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers and New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India rededicated to the Nation the 50,000 TPA Caprolactam plant of FACT. The Hon’ble Minister also flagged off a container of Caprolactam consignment. He was received by FACT Chairman & Managing Director ShriKishorRungta and welcomed him with guard of honour by CISF.He also held discussions with the CMD and Top officials of the Company at Corporate Office.
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Ministry of Textiles
During current cotton season 2022-23, export of cotton is expected to be 40 lakh bales
The Union Minister of State for Textiles, Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today shared that Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana are the major cotton producing states which produce about 65% of cotton production in the country. Statement showing year-wise, state-wise cotton production in the country for the last two years and current year is annexed.
During current cotton season 2022-23, export of cotton is expected to be 40 lakh bales. However, the same may increase or decrease depending on the availability of surplus cotton in the country, overseas demand and price parity.
Looking at the wider interest of the entire cotton value chain, presently export of cotton is under Open General License.
Annexure
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State
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State-wise Production of Cotton 
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2020-21
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2021-22
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2022-23 
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Maharashtra
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101.05
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71.18
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80.25
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Gujarat
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72.18
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74.82
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91.83
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Telangana
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57.97
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60.67
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53.25
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Rajasthan
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32.07
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24.81
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27.12
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Karnataka
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23.20
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19.50
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21.04
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Haryana
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18.23
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13.16
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17.21
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Andhra Pradesh
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16.00
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17.08
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17.85
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Madhya Pradesh
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13.38
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14.20
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15.19
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Punjab
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10.23
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6.47
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9.22
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Odisha
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5.51
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6.26
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6.82
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Tamil Nadu
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2.43
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3.60
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1.87
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Others
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0.23
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0.28
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0.26
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Total
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352.48
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312.03
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341.91
P- Provisional
Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in Tamil Nadu
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations in Tamil Nadu in the case of a group engaged in the manufacturing of animal feeds, poultry farming, edible oils and export of egg products. The search action in the group was initiated on 27.10.2021 covering 40 premises located in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
During the course of the search operation, several incriminating documents and materials in the form of electronic data have been found and seized. These seized documents indicate that the group is involved in suppressing its income by different ways such as inflating expenses including booking bogus purchases, by under invoicing of sales and also by non-reflecting scrap/by-products sales in the regular books of accounts. The analysis of seized documents also shows that unaccounted income so generated has been invested in acquisition and construction of various immovable properties and also incurred in meeting unaccounted expenses.
The search action has resulted in seizure of unaccounted cash of Rs. 3.3 crore and detection of unaccounted income exceeding Rs. 300 crore.
Further investigations are in progress.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Commerce Secretary meets Chinese Vice Minister in Beijing
(Commerce Secretary and Chinese Vice Minister discussing trade issues
Commerce Secretary, Dr.AnupWadhawan, was on a two-day official visit to Beijing last week.During the visitfrom 21st to 22nd January 2019, he had bilateral meeting with Mr. Zhang Jiwen, Vice Minister of General Administration of China Customs , for examining market access and quarantine issues for India’s agriculture and allied products.
During the meeting with Mr. Zhang Jiwen, Commerce Secretary appreciated GACC for expeditiously addressing long pending agricultural market access issues for Indian products, following the understandings reached on these matters at the Informal Summit in Wuhan last year between President, Xi Jinping and Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Since that Summit, the protocol on exports of non-basmati rice was signed in June 2018 on the sidelines of the SCO Summit. GACC has also approved 6 Indian mills for export of rapeseed meal to China. The protocol on exports of fish meal and fish oil was signed during the visit of China’s Vice Minister of GACC to New Delhi in November 2018.
The GACC has also deputed experts to inspect Indian soyabean meal establishments and pomegranate orchards and pack houses in December 2018. The SPS Protocols for these products are at an advanced stage of negotiation.
During the visit of the Commerce Secretary, India and China also signed the protocol for exports of Indian tobacco leaves to China. Quality tobacco on par with international standards is available in India at competitive prices and there is good potential for export of Indian tobacco to China. The revival of the phytosanitory protocol with China will pave the way for revival of Indian tobacco exports to China and prove economically beneficial to Indian farmers.
The recent period has thus seen significant progress in market access for a number of agricultural and allied products from India. The Commerce Secretary requested the GACC to expedite market access for other products like okra, soyabean, bovine meat and dairy products.
Commerce Secretary also held a bilateral meeting with Mr. Wang Shouwen, Vice Minister of China’s Ministry of Commerce, to discuss the progress made under RCEP negotiations and efforts to strengthen bilateral trade.
Ministry of Coal
Day 4 of Commercial Coal Mine Auction
- 2 coal mines  were put up for auction on Day 4 of Commercial Coal Mine Auction.
- The total geological reserves of the mines put up for auction are ~83.63 MT with a cumulative PRC of ~1.4 MTPA.
- The e-auction witnessed strong competition amongst the bidders with both the mines attracting good premiums over the floor price.
The results for Day 4 are as under:
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S. No.
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Name of the Mine
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State
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PRC 
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Geological Reserves 
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Closing Bid Submitted by
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Floor Price 
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Final Offer 
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Annual Revenue Generated based on PRC of mine 
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1
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Rajhara North 
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Jharkhand
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0.75
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20.27
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FAIRMINE CARBONS PRIVATE LIMITED/149447
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4
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23.00
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119.14
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2
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Sahapur East
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Madhya Pradesh
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0.70
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63.36
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Chowgule and Company Private Limited/148516
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4
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41.00
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142.51